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“Bush's refusal to accept paradox, that his good motives may have unintended consequences, leads him to reject "hindsight."” (emphasis added)
I thought this was a friendly and diplomatic sentence, although completely unsupported by the accumulated evidence on George Bush. Effective leaders set goals and put policies into place to achieve those goals. Perhaps most importantly, they also make regular assessments on the outcomes of those policies – i.e., is it having the intended consequence? Unfortunately, the President’s stated goals (those “good motives” mentioned above) are almost never consistent with his actual goals. And while many of us repeatedly point out these inconsistencies, we grow more frustrated every day as we realize it doesn’t matter. While Democrats rightfully foam at the mouth, we miss the larger point that Bush consistently achieves his only true goal – to maintain the power he feels he and his ilk were granted by birthright. Or to put it another way, don’t be so sure he isn’t looking back at the results of his policies with complete satisfaction!
